常住

Chinese

		always; ever; often always; ever; often; frequently; common; general; constant	to live; to dwell; to reside to live; to dwell; to reside; to stop
simp. and trad. (常住)		常	住

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chángzhù

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄤˊ ㄓㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁴ zyu⁶
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): sion⁵ zu⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chángzhù
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄤˊ ㄓㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chángjhù
    • Wade–Giles: chʻang²-chu⁴
    • Yale: cháng-jù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charngjuh
    • Palladius: чанчжу (čančžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng⁴ zyu⁶
    • Yale: sèuhng jyuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁴ dzy⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁴ ju⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ²¹ t͡syː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sion⁵ zu⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siôⁿ tsŭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sĩõ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡su³⁵/

Verb

常住

1. to permanently reside

   常住人口  ―  chángzhù rénkǒu  ―  permanent resident population

2. (Buddhism) to be permanent; to be eternal

   南無常住十方佛。 [MSC, trad.]
   南无常住十方佛。 [MSC, simp.]

   Námó chángzhù shífāng fó. [Pinyin]

   Homage to the eternal Buddhas of the ten directions.

Noun

常住

1. (Buddhism, Taoism) monastery

Further reading

• Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “常住” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].